Don't worry, the L.A. map only shows rail. The main problem is that it doesn't show enough. By 2020 (the last year shown in the video) phase 2 of the Expo line should be complete, making the light blue line longer. There should also be a green line extension to LAX and an additional light rail line paralleling the green line. IF L.A. manages to accelerate the rail part of measure R (which seems likely) then there will several more rail extensions than the video predicts

Thank you anyway. While I have assignments in Carleton University to work on that I really should be starting, I've been, of late, working on a map of the Barcelona Metro. A new circumferential metro line, Line 9, is being built, and I'd like to include it. The first segment of the first phase to La Sagrera (and a new high speed rail station) opens next month. The rest of the line will open in 2014. I also include trams, as you will notice. :)

As I've said before, subways aren't really that great because there is a strong disincentive to travelling underground. Trams and light rail are much better for this, so I would want to make subways long hops (at least 5km) and ideally, join them at surface level with trams. I'm imagining a sort of rollercoaster ride with surface transfers with trams.

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